MARK 15:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.”
Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down, he said — the wine vinegar (posca, the common drink of Roman soldiers) offered on a sponge on a staff is the compassionate response of someone trying to sustain Jesus through the final moments. Let's see if Elijah comes: the waiting-for-Elijah comment confirms the misunderstanding of the cry.
Church Fathers on Mark 15:36
This most glorious light took away its rays from the world, lest it should see the Lord hanging, and lest the blasphemers should have the benefit of its light.
Luke added to this account the cause of the darkness, that is, the darkening of the sun.
If this had been the time for an eclipse, some one might have said that this which happened was natural, but it was the fourteenth moon, when no eclipse can take place.
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